Ferrari F2002
Marlboro | |||||||||||
Notable drivers | 1. Michael Schumacher 2. Rubens Barrichello | ||||||||||
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Debut | 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
First win | 2002 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||||||||
Last win | 2003 San Marino Grand Prix | ||||||||||
Last event | 2003 San Marino Grand Prix | ||||||||||
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Constructors' Championships | 2 (2002 & 2003) | ||||||||||
Drivers' Championships | 2 (2002 & 2003) |
The Ferrari F2002 was a racing car used by
Overview
The car was much lighter than its predecessor, the
An innovative and very small clutchless gearbox allowing ultra-quick changes had been designed, and because the unit was so small, the rear end aerodynamics were extremely tightly packaged into the honeycomb structure..[5] Bridgestone developed special tyres, suited specifically for the car.
Aerodynamically, the Ferrari was well ahead of the contemporary
Using the
Team personnel behind the F2002
The majority of the conceptual design work for the Ferrari F2002 was by Ferrari's legendary South African chassis designer Rory Byrne and the engine design by Ferrari's Paolo Martinelli. The project was overseen by the team's technical director Ross Brawn. A vast army of other team personnel oversaw the running of the team and the project.
Concept and design
Prior to the introduction of the F2002, Ferrari had used a revised version of their championship-winning Ferrari F2001 for the first few races of 2002.
The F2002 was not only a development of the championship-winning Ferrari F2001, but a completely revolutionary model involving many technologies not seen previously. Since the late 1990s, Ferrari had been using the same basic concept and design of gearbox and although this had been used to win drivers and constructors titles from 1999 onwards the technical team pushed ahead with a new version instead. The new replacement gearbox casing was made of ultra-lightweight and higher strength titanium, thus reducing its weight by as much as 15% and lowering the car's centre of gravity. The new compact design allowed for great advancement in the bodywork and increasing the car's aerodynamic efficiency at the rear.[9]
However such was the extent of the gearbox casing redesign that the aerodynamic work was left behind schedule and initially did not represent the same performance gains as the mechanical engineering. Thus Ferrari continued its design for another two months and only started used the F2002 from the third round of the 2002 season onwards, in the interim using the previous year's F2001 chassis, albeit with many alterations and the inclusion of the Ferrari 051 2002 engine.[10]
Other advancements on the car include the
Race history
At its first race in Brazil, the F2002 was victorious, being driven by Michael Schumacher and continuing Ferrari's trend since 1999 for its cars to win on their debut. Michael Schumacher clinched second on the grid and after a first lap altercation with Juan Pablo Montoya, took a somewhat easy win from his brother Ralf's Williams. There was some controversy surrounding tyre allocation because the team only had one F2002 chassis at the race. Therefore, Schumacher's spare car was an F2001 chassis, and because the two chassis used different wheel rim designs each required separate wheels and tyres. It was thus argued that Schumacher had in-effect twice the allocation of tyres as any other driver. The controversy was managed by Ferrari agreeing to aggregate their tyre usage between the two cars, ensuring that Schumacher used the same total number of tyres as all the other drivers.[12]
What followed was a season of domination, the likes of which had not been seen since McLaren's
Such was Ferrari's dominance that Ferrari did not evolve the car further after the Belgian Grand Prix and was still significantly ahead for the rest of the season. Schumacher and Barrichello were criticized for swapping finishes at Austria and the United States - an event that would provoke a ban on 'team orders' for the following seasons, and would be raised again in 2010 when Ferrari was fined after appearing to instruct Felipe Massa to allow Fernando Alonso to win the German Grand Prix.[14]
The F2002 (renamed the F2002B) was still competitive at the beginning of 2003, and Schumacher took the car's last win in the San Marino Grand Prix before it was replaced by the F2003-GA for the next race. The F2003-GA was not quite as successful as the F2002, and Schumacher only won the title by two points over McLaren's Kimi Räikkönen.[15]
Ferrari used 'Marlboro' logos, except at the British, French and United States Grands Prix.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Tyres | Drivers | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points | WCC |
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2002 | Marlboro
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F2002 | Ferrari 051 V10 | B | AUS | MAL | BRA | SMR | ESP | AUT | MON | CAN | EUR | GBR | FRA | GER | HUN | BEL | ITA | USA | JPN | 221* | 1st | |
Michael Schumacher | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Rubens Barrichello | 2 | DNS | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | DNS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
2003 | Marlboro
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F2002B | Ferrari 051B V10 | B | AUS | MAL | BRA | SMR | ESP | AUT | MON | CAN | EUR | FRA | GBR | GER | HUN | ITA | USA | JPN | 158** | 1st | ||
Michael Schumacher | 4 | 6 | Ret | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rubens Barrichello | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 |
* 207 points with the F2002
** 32 points scored with the F2002B
Sponsors
- Marlboro
- Vodafone
- Fiat
- Shell
- Bridgestone
- AMD
- Magneti Marelli
- SKF
- OMR
- Brembo
- Mahle GmbH
- Alena
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